Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 16:11:14 -0700 From: Jason Helfman <jgh@FreeBSD.org> To: pkg@freebsd.org Subject: pkg integration spacewalk question Message-ID: <CAMuy=%2BgXRcMgy_3eEEX=KP37qZ5=8C7zOUXJjfTkGDZWZ4G0bA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello All, I am mainly using Linux (RedHat) at work, at the moment, however I am using FreeBSD as my desktop. A tool I was introduced to recently is SpaceWalk. I have already had some thoughts shared regarding this tool, but for doing what little we use of it, it is pretty good. http://spacewalk.redhat.com/ At a basic level, you can have spacewalk subscribe to modern based repositories (much like pkg is now), and list the subscribed systems in a particular group and how out-of-date they may be with software. I made a brief inquiry to the development list, and received this feedback: https://www.redhat.com/archives/spacewalk-devel/2013-August/msg00064.html Beyond patching, it is also good for send a remote command to a remote host, and there are some other features that are worth looking into. The reason I bring this up is that I don't know of an Enterprise Level software package, or even open source, that gives you a view into your FreeBSD systems, and a tool to manage them effectively. Sure I can create a shell script that goes to each server and does a pkg upgrade, but what do I do for say 500 systems, or more? This tool can even update the system using a newer kernel package. I know about updating all to well, as I wrote the article on implementing your own FreeBSD Update Server, but could this be done the FreeBSD way with a tool such as SpaceWalk, or another tool that we may be able to write. I believe SpaceWalk could be crafted to handle FreeBSD from a package point-of-view, and possibly other items such as remote commands, however is SpaceWalk the right tool? Is there a tool out there that I am unaware of that does this? When I was upgrading systems at my previous position, we had to create a tool internally that just monitored the kernel versions of the system, but going to each system individually to upgrade was required. Is there a tool that say a business may use for a "dashboard" view of their infrastructure, and where they stand from a security and patch point-of-view? Many thanks! -jgh -- Jason Helfman | FreeBSD Committer jgh@FreeBSD.org | http://people.freebsd.org/~jgh | The Power to Serve
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